--- title: But Dorothy did not know this, nor could she get away from the brigh… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · tree and pragmatics description: But Dorothy did not know this, nor could she get away from the bright red flowers that were everywhere about; so presently her eyes grew heavy and she felt she must sit down to rest and to sleep. Who acts: Dorothy, eyes. A sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter VIII. The --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/10/70/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/) / [Chapter VIII. The Deadly Poppy Field](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/10/) / 70 # The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter VIII. The Deadly Poppy Field, sentence 70 But Dorothy did not know this, nor could she get away from the bright red flowers that were everywhere about; so presently her eyes grew heavy and she felt she must sit down to rest and to sleep. **Who acts:** Dorothy, eyes · **What happens:** not know, get away, grow, feel, sit down, rest · **To what, where:** this, bright red flowers This is a sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter VIII. The Deadly Poppy Field. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Dorothy, eyes), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg55:10:70 # text = But Dorothy did not know this, nor could she get away from the bright red flowers that were everywhere about; so presently her eyes grew heavy and she felt she must sit down to rest and to sleep. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 Dorothy Dorothy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 11 cc _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 12 away away ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 19 advmod _ _ 21 about about ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 24 presently presently ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 27 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 28 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 35 down down ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | Dorothy | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **get away** | could | Dorothy | | | the bright red flowers | | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from flower=Source | | 3 | **grow** | past | Dorothy's eyes | | | | | heavy, presently *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **feel** | past | Dorothy | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **sit down** | must | Dorothy | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **rest** | to-infinitive | Dorothy *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | Dorothy *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Project Gutenberg book 55 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/10/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/10/71/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VIII. The Deadly Poppy Field](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/10/)